Knitting-machine needle



{No Model) I S. WOODWARD.

KNITTING MAGHINB NEEDLE. N0..567,931.' Patented Sept. 15, 18%.

.B C 3 Maw HZEB UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN WOODWARD, OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR TO IVALTER M.W'OODWARD, OF FRANKLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

KNITTING-MACHINE NEEDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 567,931, datedSeptember 15, 1896.

Application filed May 21, 1896. Serial No. 592,440. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STEPHEN WOODWARD,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Manchester, in the county ofHillsborough and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Knitting-Machine Needles; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to the construction of the shanks ofknitting-machine needles; and it consists in the peculiar and novelmethod of thickening said shank near the point of its union with theneedle, the object being to provide means for preventing thedisplacement of a needle from its groove in the needle-cylinder.

The invention will be fully set forth in the following specification andclaim, and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming apartof the same, of which- Figure l'is a broken elevation showing aportion of a needle of my improved construction in edge view, Fig. 2being'a broken side elevation of same.

elevations, and Fig. 5 is a plan view. The reference-letters used willcorrespond in the several views.

Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional A is the needle, and B is the shank, inwhich I form an offset 12 near the point of union of said needle andshank, and if desired to keep the needle in a central position in itsgroove in theneedle-cylinder a plate 0 may be fitted intothe offset 19of the shank B, said plate being of a thickness sufficient to equal theprojection of the offset at the opposite side of said shank, and thisplate 0 may be brazed in-proper place in the depressed side of saidoffset. This construction forms a simple means of thickening theneedle-shank, and it is also easily and cheaply made, and is equally aseffective as is the collar which is slipped around the shank of a needleby some manufacturers for this same purpose.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- In a knitting-machineneedle, a shank provided near its union with the needle with an ofiset,and a plate rigidly secured within the depressed sideof said offset,substantially for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STEPHEN VVOODWARD.

Witnesses:

J. B. THURSTON, GEO. H. WARREN.

